Meta has launched Instagram Teen Accounts, automatically placing users aged 13 to 17 under the platform’s strictest safety settings. The new features include default private accounts, limits on messaging to only known contacts,

Meta, Instagram’s parent company, announced on Tuesday that it will begin rolling out its “teen accounts” feature, which aims to put all teens — including those who may try to lie about their ages — into private accounts that can be messaged, tagged or mentioned only by people they already follow in an effort to manage how minors use social media.